http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Scottish cycling budget shenanigans en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:08:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13742#post-169053 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:25:48 +0000 Ed1 169053@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The budget does sound quite small for cycling.</p> <p>Scotland gets the benefit of increased cycling spend. Reduced NHS costs, reduced public transport costs, yet westminster gets the loss, the reduced fuel duty, and "tax disk". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13742#post-169026 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:37:24 +0000 Instography 169026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13743">Cycling casualties</a>.</p> <p>Might be worth pointing out the deadly or at least painful consequences of not investing in cycling infrastructure from Morningsider's other thread. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13742#post-169013 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:53:05 +0000 Morningsider 169013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent work from SPOKES, as ever. </p> <p>Instead of (or in addition to) writing to your MSP - why not write to the Parliament's Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee. They will be responsible for scrutinising the transport budget in detail. Details of how to do so are here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/81296.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/81296.aspx</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13742#post-169009 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:38:45 +0000 crowriver 169009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>John Swinney is at it again: claiming 'additional' cash for cycling infrastructure, when in fact 2015/16 budget looks like a £4 million to £14 million cut compared to 2014/15. Meanwhile the trunk roads budget increases by £55 million...</p> <p>Spokes have the skinny on this (what would we do without them?):</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2014/10/budget-infrastructure-fear/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2014/10/budget-infrastructure-fear/</a></p> <p>Write to your MSP(s) and tell them how disappointed you are about this! </p>